US 5,702,126 AGranted

Magnetic book and method of forming same

OwnerPeter H. Engelinventor

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Abstract

This disclosure is directed to a miniature book construction in which one of the book covers includes a permanent magnet whereby the book can be readily affixed to a magnetically attractive surface. The book construction includes a cover jacket formed of a foldable material in which the magnet forming an end cover is adhesively secured to the cover jacket opposite a rigid blank defining the other cover, the ends of the jacket being reversely folded over the ends of the respective covers, with the bound pages of the book secured between the opposed covers by adhesively securing the opposed end most pages to the inside of the adjacent covers. Alternate embodiments may include utilizing a permanent magnet in each of the respective covers whereby the poles of the magnet may be positioned to either attract or repel so that the book may be maintained in a normally closed or open position depending upon the relationship of the poles of the respective magnets included in the book covers.

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Dependent claims

A book construction comprising:

a sheet of readily foldable material for defining a cover jacket,
an adhesive coating formed on a planar surface of said sheet of material,
a planar permanent magnet sized to define a cover adhesively secured to a portion of said coated surface of said sheet of material,
a cover blank sized to define an opposite cover adhesively secured to said coated sheet of material opposite said permanent magnet and spaced therefrom,
said cover blank and planar permanent magnet, each having outer edges,
said sheet of material having a length and width greater than the combined length of said cover blank and magnet and the width of said cover and magnet, and said sheet of material having marginal flaps circumscribing said outer edges of said cover blank and planar permanent magnet adhesively secured to said sheet of material,
said marginal flaps being reversely folded about said outer edges of said cover blank and planar permanent magnet to form an integral hingedly connected front and rear cover,
and a series of bound pages disposed between said front and rear covers, said series of pages being bounded together along one edge thereof,
said bound pages including opposed end most pages,
said end most pages being adhesively secured to the adjacent front and rear covers for supporting said bound pages between said covers.

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